Trump tariffs create budget surplus

[Trumpet]

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Just what is this suppose to accomplish???????????

 

[Tbird19482]

So? One link is not the be-all, end-all, of the subject. I read your link. "Presidents." That doesn't mean parties. The Democrats are far worse for the economy by party. That's what counts. What you are doing is a cherry-picking fallacy. Presidents do not, by themselves, determine what the federal budget is. They don't get to create legislation and new bureaucracy out of thin air for the most part. That means what counts in this discussion is PARTIES. And it is the Democrats on the whole that bust budgets and create huge new deficits. Republicans do it too but not on the scale and longevity that Democrats do.

Social-welfare programs have gone from nothing to almost two-thirds of the US federal budget, and nearly all of those programs were created by Democrats. Those programs are also off limits to budget cuts, and many have automatic spending increases "for inflation..." built in.

So your calling the GAO a liar.

 

[Althea]

He's starting to make sense. But you're right, it's likely it's short-lived.

Blind squirrel, as it were.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

So your calling the GAO a liar.

No. I'll call you a liar and the report by the Joint Economic Committee of the Senate Democrats cherry picked bullshit.

The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - United States Joint Economic Committee

www.jec.senate.gov

That's the link again that you, Tbird. You try tossing out that logical paradox and it won't fly.

In the report they cite the economy is better under Democrat Presidents. That's just as I stated in my rebuttal. By only comparing Presidents in office, they can ignore all the fucked-up stuff they do as a party to wreck the economy. Or are you denying that social-welfare spending isn't a growing and serious issue and cause of budget deficits?

 

[Tbird19482]

No. I'll call you a liar and the report by the Joint Economic Committee of the Senate Democrats cherry picked bullshit.

The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - The U.S. Economy Performs Better Under Democratic Presidents - United States Joint Economic Committee

www.jec.senate.gov

That's the link again that you, Tbird. You try tossing out that logical paradox and it won't fly.

In the report they cite the economy is better under Democrat Presidents. That's just as I stated in my rebuttal. By only comparing Presidents in office, they can ignore all the fucked-up stuff they do as a party to wreck the economy. Or are you denying that social-welfare spending isn't a growing and serious issue and cause of budget deficits?

Call it cherry picking all you want . do a search for yourself and you will see MOST every link that comes up will tell you the same thing.
The Republicans run this country into recessions and a Dem President has to come in and get us out of it . Fact is Bush II ran us into a deep recession and Obama got us out and handed Trump a recovered economy that was in good shape and Trump put us back into another recession that Biden had to get us out of that one and now Trump is trying to do it again.
Remember GOOGLE is your friend.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Call it cherry picking all you want . do a search for yourself and you will see MOST every link that comes up will tell you the same thing.
The Republicans run this country into recessions and a Dem President has to come in and get us out of it . Fact is Bush II ran us into a deep recession and Obama got us out and handed Trump a recovered economy that was in good shape and Trump put us back into another recession that Biden had to get us out of that one and now Trump is trying to do it again.
Remember GOOGLE is your friend.

Presidents alone do not control the federal budget nor the economy.

Correlation =/= Causation.

 

[LurchAddams]

Blind squirrel, as it were.

Stopped clock..

 

[Tbird19482]

Presidents alone do not control the federal budget nor the economy.

Correlation =/= Causation.

They are the person that proposes the budget in the first place and they are the ones that sign it into law so they do control the budget.
And Putting tariffs on as high as Trump is talking can have a lot to do with what the economy does. and right now economists are saying IF he finally stops all his flip flopping and does put his high tariffs on it could drive us into a deep recession or even a depression.
So again Presidents DO have some control over the Budget and economy.

 

[Ross Dolan]

Godwin's law violation.

Godwin says it is not. So...you are wrong.

They are well documented.

LBJ: The President Who Marked His Territory

Here, we're choosing to remember Lyndon B. Johnson not by the many political wheels he set into motion, but by the stuff he kept by his side—and close to his heart.

www.mentalfloss.com

Why The Kennedys Couldn't Stand Lyndon B. Johnson - Grunge

During the first two years of Kennedy's administration, the Kennedy family were concerned about Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office.

www.grunge.com

Three New Revelations About LBJ

The author of an about-to-be-published biography of Lyndon Johnson shares some of what he has learned

www.theatlantic.com

Did LBJ Say 'I'll Have Those N*****s Voting Democratic for 200 Years'?

A viral quote attributed to LBJ since the 1990s features the 36th president uttering the N-word and stating a cynical motive for his civil rights stance.

www.snopes.com

The most vulgar American president ever? It sure as #$@!%* isn't Donald Trump

How repulsive was Lyndon B. Johnson? Contact with him put one at risk of encountering a profane spectacle of burping, farting and crotch-scratching

nationalpost.com

'Lady Bird' Details Lyndon Johnson's Dark Side

Lyndon B. Johnson was moody, depressive, lecherous and lusty. He was crass and ill-mannered. He adored his wife, but he wasn't always nice to her. This is a portrait of a classic 1950s wife who loved…

www.oklahoman.com

They are NOT well documented.

He was crude. But he never came close to being the abomination Trump is every day of his life.

Yes, he did. Up to that point the number of US troops in Vietnam numbered in the hundreds and they were all there as instructors and advisors, not in combat roles. That was true for both Eisenhower and Kennedy. LBJ used the lie about the Gulf of Tonkin incident to send in tens of thousands of troops and open up a ground and air war.

LBJ DID NOT GET US INTO THE VIETNAM WAR...and if you do not know that...or do not have the ethical wherewithal to acknowledge it...go discuss comic books or animated movies.

Yes, he did. See the above links for starters.

As for the Great Society:

The Forgotten Failures of the Great Society

Amity Shlaes has written a powerful book. It is the most interesting and substantive account of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon’s “war on poverty” to date — and just in time. In Great Society: A New History, she notes that “just as the 1960s forgot the failures of the 1930s, we today forget the...

manhattan.institute

The Failure of LBJ's Great Society and What It Means for the 21st Century

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson announced his plans for what he called "the Great Society," a sweeping set of programs…

reason.com

How Lyndon Johnson Failed to Make a 'Great Society'

The State clearly knew best what "these" people really needed for them to have some minimum form of a "decent life."

www.newsweek.com

The Failure of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society

Massive failure may be an understatement.

freedomandprosperity.org

The climax of that failure came with the infamous Watts riots.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/19/opinion/zelizer-lbj-watts-riots/index.html

The Great Society efforts were in the interests of helping the poorest among us...and easing racial discrimination. Trump does his best to screw the poorest among us...and foments all sorts of societal problems.

If you want the latter...fine. You are free to effort for it. I prefer the former.

I showed clearly in the above links it was. LBJ was both dismissive and hateful towards Blacks. He regularly called them the N word usually with some vulgarities tossed in.

LBJ was no saint. That does not make Trump any less of an abomination.

He's not "...destroy(ing) our Republic." Now, for recent attempts look no further than Biden's open borders policies. Sure the Biden administration denied that was the case, but all the evidence points to exactly that.

He is destroying our Republic...and being aided by people like you.

Too bad that.

Tom Homan Accuses Biden Admin Of 'Lying' About Properly Vetting After MS-13 Kingpin's Capture

Border czar Tom Homan accused former President Joe Biden's administration of lying about properly vetting illegal immigrants.

dailycaller.com

Tom Homan ‘convinced’ US will see major terror attack because of Biden’s lax border policies: ‘It’s coming’

“This scares the hell out of me and I’ve been doing this for 40 years. It should have scared the hell out of every American what the Biden administration did.”

nypost.com

MAGA celebrates arrest of top MS-13 leader: "Tom Homan is a superstar"

The suspect is one of the top three MS-13 gang leaders in the U.S., according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

www.newsweek.com

ICE captures alleged MS-3 kingpin, with associate also in custody

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 10: Trump administration "border czar" Tom Homan talks with reporters outside the White House on July 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Homan answered a range of questions related to border security and immigration enforcement actions. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

thenationaldesk.com

Biden more than doubled the population of criminal aliens in the US in just four years. He let in an unknown number of likely terrorists along with the criminals. That is purely an attempted destruction of our society.

Nor am I. That would be nice, but Trump is a "bulldozer" personality. We just have to put up with that for the next three and a half years. Also, in politics, always remember, nice guys finish last.

Trump is a disgusting abomination. You should be embarrassed and ashamed for supporting him in any way.

Let's keep this up.

It is fun.

 

[archives]

Do you think Aldi grows their own coffee or has a major coffee producer sell it to them

Appears humor is wasted on MAGA’s

 

[Ross Dolan]

So, Rossy the Biden is back at it, pudding time is over. I'm starting to get it now, cranking up the font size, slapping on some bold for flair, tossing in a weak “irony” claim, and faking a chuckle is what you, a two-time letter-to-the-editor hack, call schooling me. Hilarious, I’m actually laughing, no acting required, unlike your pathetic performance.

I’m still waiting for a shred of wit to back up that inflated ego you keep bragging about. Remember? First, it was two letters to Newsweek, then you magically bumped it to 200, and what, a Pulitzer thrown in for kicks? I bet your wife or 'partner' mistook two inches for eight in for a long time too.

Also, I love the new “fucking” in your rant to toughen up the libtard image. Taking cues from your party’s playbook, huh? Thinking a few four-letter words will herd the brain-dead sheep back into the fold? Very cute. Let me play, thanks for the world-class schooling, you fucking fossilized, senile windbag, I’m dying from your fucking elusive brilliance over here. LOL Did I sound tougher like you did?? What a dumbass.

Hey, Jerkoff.

Thanks for amusing me with your triteness.

Sorry to hear you are dying. But...if it frees up some oxygen, maybe it is for the greater good.

 

[LurchAddams]

Godwin says it is not. So...you are wrong.



They are NOT well documented.

He was crude. But he never came close to being the abomination Trump is every day of his life.



LBJ DID NOT GET US INTO THE VIETNAM WAR...and if you do not know that...or do not have the ethical wherewithal to acknowledge it...go discuss comic books or animated movies.


The Great Society efforts were in the interests of helping the poorest among us...and easing racial discrimination. Trump does his best to screw the poorest among us...and foments all sorts of societal problems.

If you want the latter...fine. You are free to effort for it. I prefer the former.



LBJ was no saint. That does not make Trump any less of an abomination.


He is destroying our Republic...and being aided by people like you.

Too bad that.

Trump is a disgusting abomination. You should be embarrassed and ashamed for supporting him in any way.

Let's keep this up.

It is fun.

LOL - poor TA. If the facts don't match his predetermined narrative that his trumptard party isn't a total dumpster fire, he just shakes the etch-a-sketch and makes up new ones!

 

[archives]

Media cover Trump 92% negatively yet have little impact. Here’s why

Media cover Trump 92% negatively yet have little impact. Here’s why

President Donald Trump has received overwhelmingly negative coverage from the legacy news media. But he's storming ahead with great support.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

(A) study, conducted by Professor Thomas E. Patterson of Harvard’s Kennedy School and the Schorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy found 80% of the media’s coverage of President Trump during the first 100 days of his administration was negative. Not only that, but news about President Trump and his administration consumed fully 41% of all news coverage, three times as much as previous administrations and coverage of presidents. Trump has complained of being targeted by the news media and Patterson wrote, “The sheer level of negative coverage gives weight to Trump’s contention, one shared by his core constituency, that the media are hell bent on destroying his presidency.”

Harvard Study Confirms Trump Coverage | The Knoxville Focus

TV Hits Trump With 85% Negative News vs. 78% Positive Press for Harris​

TV Hits Trump With 85% Negative News vs. 78% Positive Press for Harris

www.mrc.org

Nearly Seven in Ten Americans Are Now Hearing at Least Some Negative News About President Trump​

Nearly Seven in Ten Americans Are Now Hearing at Least Some Negative News About President Trump

Polling report on perceptions of President Trump, the administration's recent actions, and how Americans would like Democrats in Congress to respond.

navigatorresearch.org

TV news ‘most lopsided’ ever: Trump 85% negative, Harris 78% positive

TV news ‘most lopsided’ ever: Trump 85% negative, Harris 78% positive - Washington Examiner

The bias is likely not surprising, though the percentages are.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

ABC, NBC and CBS slap Trump with 92% negative coverage as 100th day of second term approaches, study finds​

ABC, NBC and CBS slap Trump with 92% negative coverage as 100th day of second term approaches, study finds

The Media Research Center analyzed ABC’s "World News Tonight," "NBC Nightly News" and "CBS Evening News" and found largely negative coverage.

www.foxnews.com

The MSM HATES Trump. That's obvious. They have hated him from the moment he came down the escalator in 2016 to take the election win. He gets lots of coverage--and it's almost entirely negative--because the MSM thinks that bombarding the public with negative messaging will turn them against him. It obviously hasn't worked, and may even be backfiring, but they haven't let up one iota.

Cause Trump puts the bullshit out there, as he himself has endorsed, negative attention is better than no attention, why did you think he puts shit everyday on social media platforms? Starts holiday greetings with opens like “Happy Father's Day to all, including the Radical Left, RINOs and other Losers of the world?”

Trump purposely courts the negative coverage so individuals as yourself will swallow the media martyr bullshit, it has been of his schtick since he chased the media in NYC